Moana - Bad Trailers Don't Always Mean Bad Movies

Watch this trailer. WATCH IT! What you just watched is an aggressively mediocre trailer. But yet after seeing this trailer for the first...

Pete's Dragon Soars (Roars)

I grew up with the 1977 Pete's Dragon and no matter what cinemasins thinks I hold nothing but the utmost respect for that movie; Pete's...

Good Elements Blend Poorly in Suicide Squad

Ask any DC Comics fan for their thoughts on the current spread of films in the DC Extended Universe and you’ll typically get the same...

Strange & Beautiful: a Swiss Army Man review

I know that there are an awful lot of movies out there and sometimes you feel like you’ve seen it all. You might think “I’ve seen a movie...

Tarzan is a Story that Does Not Need to be Told

As Aggressively Mediocre is but a budding site David and I have had to make some ground rules such as do we grade movies on the esteemed...

American Honey: the tale of two trailers

On June 21 the first trailer for the upcoming film American Honey was released, and the trailer left me speechless. Everything about the...

Superman Mostly Sucks

I have never liked Superman. My introduction to the world of superheroes came through Tobey Maguire's Spiderman and the original X-Men...

Ghostbusters was Fine

An acquaintance (repeat ACQUAINTANCE) posted on Facebook after seeing Ghostbusters GHOSTBUSTERS not v good at all. Sorry, women, I think...